What are the rights of a person dying at home?
I have the right to sufficient support from the National Health Service and the community to enable me to die at home, if I so wish, whether or not I have relatives to care for me. I have the right not to die alone; although with the right to be left alone, if desired. I have the right to expect the local priest to ask the neighborhood to support me and those caring for me I have the right to expect the local priest or other community leader to ask the neighborhood to support me and those caring for me. I have the right to have ‘midwives for the dying’ or their equivalent to attend to my physical, emotional and spiritual needs. I have the right to the same expertise of pain relief as I would obtain if occupying a hospital or hospice bed. I have the right not to be taken without my consent to hospital as my condition deteriorates, or, if a hospital operation is required to relieve pain, I have the right to be brought home again afterwards. I have the right to have any Living Will I have
